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Leigh and Winslow family members included planters James Leigh (1781-1854) and his
son, Edward Augustus Leigh (1825-1901) of Land's End plantation, Perquimans County,
N.C., and Julian Emmitt Winslow (1897-1975), great grandson of James Leigh, an oil
jobber and fertilizer manufacturer. Julian Emmitt Winslow was also a flight instructor
during World War I and served in the North Carolina Senate in 1949, 1951, 1959, 1961,
and 1965. The collection includes letters to Edward Augustus Leigh and other family members,
1877-1938, chiefly discussing routine business, financial, and personal matters. There
are also receipts and account books, 1752-1902, relating to the purchase of agricultural
and other items and to farm maintenance, including a few mentioning slaves and several
pertaining to the confinement of Edward's brother, James Leigh, Jr., in an insane
asylum, 1855-1856. Biographical and probate records, 1767-1976, are largely wills
and estate papers, many of them relating to James Leigh's estate, and other items
of genealogical interest.
Julian Emmitt Winslow papers include Winslow's correspondence during his 1959 and
1961 North Carolina Senate terms. Also included is some personal correspondence and
material about his World War I military service. There are also many photographs and
postcards dating from around World War I. These include pictures of aircraft and pilots,
plane crashes, a flood, and aerial views of various locations, including Houston and
Galveston, Tex.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Leigh and Winslow Family Papers #4028, Southern Historical
Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Lucille Winslow (Mrs. Julian Emmitt) of Hertford, N.C., in July 1978.

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Gilbert Leigh (1729-1792) was a carpenter in Chowan and Perquimans Counties, N.C.
His son, James Leigh (1781-1854) owned a plantation in Perquimans County, where he
also served as a deputy sheriff, officer in the militia, and representative to the
House of Commons. He eventually became one of the wealthiest men in the county.

In 1802, James Leigh married Mary Barclift, who died in 1823. In 1825, he married
Susan Banks. He died in 1854, survived by six of his twelve children, including Edward
Augustus Leigh (1825-1901), who inherited the family plantation. At the time of his
father's death, Edward Augustus Leigh also was named guardian of his brother James
Leigh, Jr., whom he placed in an insane asylum in Pennsylvania. In 1860, Edward Augustus
Leigh's tax payments provided about 3% of Perquimans County's revenue. He lost much
of his wealth following the Civil War.

Edward Augustus Leigh married Margaret Stevenson Jacocks in 1846; she died in 1850.
In 1857, he married her half-sister, Grizzell Emily Jacocks (1838-1903). One of his
children, Martha (Mattie) Gordon Leigh (b. 1868), married Charles Cook Winslow (1861-1909).

Among Martha Gordon Leigh and Charles Cook Winslow's six children was Julian Emmitt
Winslow (1897-1975), an oil jobber and manufacturer of liquid fertilizers. He also
was a flight instructor in the Army Air Corps during World War I. From 1932 to 1946,
he served as sheriff of Perquimans County. An active member of the Democratic Party,
he was elected to the State Senate in 1949, 1951, 1959, 1961, and 1965. From 1953
to 1957, he was a member of the State Highway Commission.

The collection includes letters to Edward Augustus Leigh and other family members,
1877-1938, chiefly discussing routine business, financial, and personal matters. There
are also receipts and account books, 1752-1902, relating to the purchase of agricultural
and other items and to farm maintenance, including a few mentioning slaves and several
pertaining to the confinement of Edward's brother, James Leigh, Jr., in an insane
asylum, 1855-1856. Biographical and probate records, 1767-1976, are largely wills
and estate papers, many of them relating to James Leigh's estate, and other items
of genealogical interest.
Julian Emmitt Winslow papers include Winslow's correspondence during his 1959 and
1961 North Carolina Senate terms. Also included is some personal correspondence and
material about his World War I military service. There are also many photographs and
postcards dating from around World War I. These include pictures of aircraft and pilots,
plane crashes, a flood, and aerial views of various locations, including Houston and
Galveston, Tex.

Receipts for agricultural and other items including property maintenance, agricultural
products, horses, clothing and related items, personal items such as tooth brushes
and umbrellas, farm equipment and tools, and slaves; bills of sale; and related financial
records from the 1850s, 1870s, and 1890s through 1903. Included are several books,
a few indentures, a court order from the 1700s, and miscellaneous financial records
from the 1830s. Folder 4 contains receipts relating to James Leigh, Jr.'s confinement
in an insane asylum, 1855-1856. Information concerning slaves can be found in folders
3, 5, 11, 12, and 13.

Expand/collapse Series 3. Biographical and Probate Records, 1767-1976 and undated.

About 25 items.

Arrangement: by document type and chronological.

Wills, estate accounts, family histories, and related material. The majority of the
material concerns the estate of James Leigh (1781-1854). Also included are estate
accounts of Jonathan Phelps, 1767, and Jesse Copeland, 1782; a memorial to Margaret
Leigh (d. 1850); a land plat recorded in 1830; and a certificate signed by the governor
of Indiana in 1846.

Correspondence of Julian Emmitt Winslow during his terms in the North Carolina State
Senate in 1959 and 1961. 1959 material is organized by subject; 1961 material is arranged
chronologically. Also included is personal correspondence, 1918-1921; material concerning
his military service during World War I; and material concerning a trip he took to
Cuba in 1959. A Cuban newspaper (in Spanish), dated 1 January 1959, describing the
overthrow of the Batista government and Fidel Castro's assuming power is filed in
folder 43.

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Photographs and postcards, mostly of World War I era aircraft and pilots. Includes
photos of plane crashes, photos of a flood, and aerial photos of various locations,
including Houston and Galveston, Tex., during this period. Also included is a photograph
of an unidentified house, which may be the Leigh farm house.